Education centre for teachers demanded

THE €1.9 million education centre to support teachers working in all-Irish schools should go ahead as planned, the head of the Gaelscoileanna organisation said yesterday.

The project was announced for Ballyvourney, Co Cork, by Education Minister Micheál Martin in 1999 but various obstacles have led to delays. The matter is being considered by the current minister, Mary Hanafin, in consultation with Gaeltacht Minister Éamon Ó Cuív and a number of statutory bodies, and it is possible the centre might not be built or could be located elsewhere.

However, Gaelscoileanna president Micheál Ó Broin said his organisation, which represents almost 200 all-Irish primary and second level schools, supports the project as originally set out.